Side-board attachment for grain-wagons.



No. 761,476. PATENTED MAY 31, 1904. W.E. GRAN'NON.

SIDE BOARD ATTACHMENT FOR GRAIN WAGONS.

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UNITED STATES V 'ratented May 31', 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SIDE-BOARD ATTACHMENT FOR GRAIN-WAGONS.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,476, dated May 31, 1904.

Application filed October 28, 1903. Serial No. 178,901. (No model.)

1'0 a whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, WILLIAM E. GRANNoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Richmond, in the county of Montgomery and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Side-Board Attachments for for the driver.

- hinge-leaves 11 secured thereto.

Grain-Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful im.

can be adjusted to protect the contents of the wagon from the elements and also as a shield With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the" accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the body of a wagon having my improved attachment upon one of the side-boards thereof. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of said wagon-body and attachment, the wagon-body being broken away to. show. the side-boardengaging device. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the brace-lock, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the leaves of a hinge of the attachment.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is awagon-body of any suitable construction, having straps 2 arranged on the sides thereof for the reception of. tongues 3, projecting downward from the side-boards 4. Secured to each end of the wagon-body is a strip 5, having a lug 6 projecting laterally therefrom, the outer end of said lug being normally contacted by a spring-band 7 which is secured to the strip 5*in any suitablemanner. The lugs 6 are adapted to project into apertures 8, formed within brace-rods 9, which are pivoted to the ends of a board 10, having Each of wagon-body. By pressing outward upon the rods 9 the same can be quickly released from the lugs 6, and by lifting the board 10 the forked leaves 12 can be removed from engagement with the wagon-body and placed in any desired position.

As shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the board 10 can be lowered in position over the 'Wagon-body to protect the contents thereof from rain, snow, &c., and by raising the board above the wagon-body into the position as shown by dotted lines the driver of the wagon standing within the body 1 can also be protected from the elements. By moving the board 10 into a vertical position it will serve simple and inexpensive in construction and can be readily attached to any form of wagon. It can .be easily reversed, and therefore can be arranged at either side of the wagon-body.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; butI do not-limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of .the advantages thereof, and Itherefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what 1' therefore claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a wagon-body, and a cover hinged to one side thereof and adapted to extendover the body and rest upon the sides and ends thereof; ofa strip secured to one'end of the body, a lug projecting laterally therefrom, a spring retaining-strip secured to the first-mentioned strip and normally contacting with the end of the lug, and I an apertured brace-rod pivoted to the cover and adapted to engage the lug and to be held thereon by the spring-strip, whereby the cover may be locked at desired angles to the wagonbody.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 

